The ultimate Rice Cooker cookbook

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	• The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook : 250 No-Fail Recipes for Pilafs, Risottos, Polenta, Chilis, Soups, ... Beth Hensperger, Julie Kaufmann Harvard Common Press, 2003 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 61 reviews view larger image
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The ultimate Rice Cooker cookbook

This is a great book for a person who wants to cook all kinds of rice and learn about every-thing that pertains to rice .I read the book twice and could not believe how much information I received .I am not a into a lot of cooking ,my wife is a super great cook ,but I wanted to do some rice and I got my eyes opened .Thank you very much for a beautiful book .I made some pudding and some brown rice and everything came out good . M.W.Tuch

That's a mighty rice book!

The book was very good as to instructions and quite wide ranging in subject matter ( ie. selection of non- rice and rice based entrees).

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EXACTLY what I was looking for!

I bought the Zojirushi 10-cup induction rice cooker and love the rice it makes, but I was wondering if there was more I could do with it. Could I use it to cook other whole grains? What is the porridge cycle on it? Could I cook rice meals with other ingredients in the cooker (vegetables, meat)? For me and what I was wanting to know, this book FAR EXCEEDED my hopes and expectations! I learned that I can do many other things with my cooker - I can include vegetables and/or meat when cooking the rice.

Here's what I like about this book:
It explains how the various cookers work; it defines what a 'fuzzy oooker' is (they sense by weight rather than by temperature); it defines how the induction cookers work (a more advanced fuzzy machine in which the sensor unit also judges temperature and moisture proportions).
It explains the importance of and how to wash/rinse the rice.
It explains the benefits of soaking the rice.
It explains the different varieties of rice (with sources for purchase)
I never knew what exactly rice pilaf was - that's explained along with several pilaf recipes.
There are a lot of insets strewn throughout the book ('to wash or not to wash', 'the Lundberg Family Rice Farm' (I love their basmati...), 'to salt or not to salt', toasting various nuts, blanching almonds, 'about ghee', 'risotto in the rice cooker', storing/freezing cooked rice, etc. etc.)

With my variety of cooker which includes a porridge cycle, I was quite pleased to see that the authors found that this cycle can be used for the following:
Risotto, homemade applesauce (you can make chunky or smooth, with or without sugar, with cinnamon - yum!), rice pudding, tapioca pudding, and hot breakfast cereals with various grains.

I think this cookbook is just wonderful for anyone who has bought a fuzzy-logic cooker (basic or an induction-style) and is wanting to do more with it other than just make the basic rice. I particularly like all their explanations and how the information in the book is laid out.

Thanks Beth & Julie! Great Book!

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Excellent guide for cooking rice

Excellent book. Gives detailed explanation of various kinds of rice, and how to prepare them. Also provides information on how to best use your rice cooker. Lotsa recipes for various kinds of rice dishes.

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This book unlocks the rice cooker's true potential. It thoroughly explains how this appliance works and how to prepare every kind of rice, grain, and dried bean.

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